[Gllug] Combining CAT and ZCAT in one line

[- Tethys]

On 7/10/07, Andrew Black <andrew-li at black1.org.uk> wrote:

> I can do
>     cat mainlog       | grep oojimaflip
>     zcat mainlog.*.qz | grep oojimaflip
>
> Is there are way I can do both in the same line - decompress files that
> need it  on the fly ?

Ditch the unnecessary cat, and just use zgrep, which works with both
compressed and uncompressed files.

Tet

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